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JEAN LAMBERT-RUCKI Le Baiser.
Bronze with dark patina, 1926-28. 447 mm; 17 1/2 inches (height, excluding black marble base). Artist's proof (there was also a posthumous edition of 8 in bronze with a gold patina). With the artist's signature, the foundry mark and "EA II" at the base of the bronze.
Provenance: Private collection, Paris; Galerie de Vos, Paris; private collection, New Mexico.
Lambert-Rucki (1888–1967) was a Polish avant-garde artist, sculptor and graphic artist associated with the Cubist, Surrealist and Art Deco movements. After studying at the School of Fine Arts in Kraków, where he became friends with fellow Polish artist Moïse Kisling, he moved to Paris in 1911 and soon after, in 1913, exhibited at the Salon d'Automne (Lambert-Rucki would remain in Paris for the rest of his career). From the late 1910s onward, he was represented by several Parisian galleries, including Léonce Rosenberg at the Galerie de l'Effort Moderne as well as Paul Guillaume, and his popularity grew. In March 1920, he exhibited at the second exhibition of la Section d'Or, Galerie de La Boétie, Paris, and participated in the first exhibition of l'Union des Artistes Modernes, where he continued to show his works. He worked with diverse styles and media; like many artists of the era he was influenced by tribal art of Africa as well as Cubism.
